Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-21
THE MILITIA.
Recent orders Issued from GEN.
eraI Headquarters.


The following orders have recently
issued from general headquarters al
Sacramento:
There seems to be some misunder'
standing in regard to the manner oi
making out the new form of Report
of Target Practice" Form IA. 1t is
therefore ordered:
In computing the percentage OF
attendance at drills, it will be for the
year Immediately preceding the date
upon which the practice took place,
and not the year covered by the last
muster-roll.
1t will be necessary for the Captains
to compute the percentage OF those
members who made fifty per cent or
more of the possible score only; that
is, it will not be necessary to enter on
the report under the head Of per
centage at Drills" the percentage OF
those who have won no decoration
To entitle competitor to decoration
he must have attended at least one
half of all the drills of his company
during the year.
No excuses will be entertained, not
even those of sickness" or "absence
from the city" or "town;" the COM
petitor must have been actually pres.
ent at and a participant of one-half OF
all the drills of his company during
the year, to entitle him to decora-
ton.
Scores made with any rifle OF pat
tern other than those issued to the
National Guard of this State will not
be entered upon the report, and COM
manders of companies are hereby Or
dered to report ten misses opposite
the name of any man who uses any
other rifle than those mentioned
above, or any rifle having altered
sights or trigger with less than six
pounds pull. If these competitions
are not conducted with fairness and
uniformity they are worse than use
less, and no honorable man should be
willing to wear decoration that he
has not fairly won.
If it comes to the knowledge OF any
brigade commander that one OF his
company commanders has made a
false report he will cause such officer
to be placed in arrest and brought to
trial before court martial therefor.
These reports must be made out
and sent to these headquarters,
through the proper channel, within
twenty days after the date of this or
der, or by December 1st, 1887.
AS there will be no battalion or
company drills required during the
mo tn Of December of this year, it is
herby ordered, that during the first
half of the month, schools of instruc-
tien be held as follows: In regiments
and battalions, schools for COM
missioned officers, to be in charge of
the senior officer present; and schools
for non.commissioned staff officers, to
be in charge of commissioned officer.
to be selected by the regimental or
battalion commander In companies,
schools of non-commissioned officers,
to be in charge of one Of the COM
missioned officers, to be selected by
the company commander; provided,
that in unattached companies, or in
companies of the Fifth Regiment and
Sixth and Seventh Battalions. COM
pany schools of commissioned officers
may take the place of battalion
schools. 1t is further ordered, that
the junior officer, or rnon-commissioned
officer present, shall keep the minutes
of the school, giving the date, time OF
assemblage and adjournment, the
names of those present and those ab-
sent, with their excuses, if any, and
the subjects discussed, a copy Of which
is to be sent to these headquarters
Immediately after the school is held,
through the proper channel, and in
termediate officers are requested to
indorse thereon such suggestions, or
opinions, as may occur to them as
pertinent to the subject.
At these first schools, the instruc-
ton will be confined exclusively to
the school of the soldier, without
arms.
1t is suggested that general officers
also assemble their staff officers from
time to time, for the purpose OF in
struction in the duties OF their various
departments and positions, on parade
and in the field.
The following appointments on the
staff of his Excellency, Il, w. Water
man, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief, are announced for the informa-
ClOu VI t1c INdtlOudA SuHiu va S"AiAoi
mia:
Isaac Trumbo, to be Colonel and
Chief Engineer.
Henry /. Kowalsky, to be Colonel
and Judge Advocate General.
]. u. Whitney, to be Colonel and
Surgeon-General.
F. w. Sumner, to be Colonel and
Paymaster- General.
Herman Bendel, to be Colonel and
Intpector-G General Of kifs Prastice.
W. J. Younger, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Abide Camp.
Albert F. Jones, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Aid-de- Camp.
George w. Sperry, to be Lieuten-
ant Colonel and Aid-de- Camp.
Douglas Gum, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Aid-de-Camp.
VIM. J. Wisely, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Aid-de- Camp.
P. ID. Wigginton, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Aid-de- Camp.
John b. Wright, to be Lieutenant
Colonel and Aid-de- Camp.
H n Rovce. to be Lieutenant